Lubricant seal



March 15, 1932. s. c. LEONARD. JR i 3,849,404

LUBRICANT SEAL Filed Feb. 12. -1951 ATTORNEY INVENToR 0N G LEONRDJR.

Patented 15, 1.932

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 'y /smrsoir c. Laoiurui Ja., or nnrno'rr, MICHIGAN LUBRIGANT SEAL Application'led February 12, 1931. Serial No. 515,299.

rotatable shaft with a resilient membery 10 around the axially extending flange to press the latter into sealing engagement with the rotatable shaft. Such a construction, while it retains vthe lubricant-within the housing, permits fine particles of dust or -grit from the outside to be collected between the shaft and the. leather packing. The leather pack-- .ing being of a fairly solid material, retains the small particles of grit in contact with the shaft, thereby causlng a wearing away of the shaft and consequently the lubricant will not be retained within the housing.

It istherefore an obj ect of this invention to provide in combination Awith sucha leather packing a felt or soft packing member arranged at the outer side of the leather packing around the rotatable shaft to prevent dirt from getting in contact with the leather- 'packing The dirt collected by the soft packing member does not wear the shaft be- 30 "the flange 18` cause the packingis soft'and the dirt isnot. held .firmly against the shaft, but where dirt` VIt is another object of this invention` to' Fig. 1 is a sectional view of my improved sealing unit as applied within a tubular housing around a rotatable shaft.

Figs. 2 to 8, inclusive, are sectional views corresponding to Fig. l1, each showin. modified form of my invention and a di ent arrangement of the arts.

Referring to the drawings, particularly to Fig. 1, I have shown afshaft 10 journaled in bearings 12 mounted in a tubular housin 55 member 14. A leather washer 16 isfformed angularin cross section and has an annular ,fianfge 18`extending radially from the shaft and an annular flange 20 extending axially of the shaft. The flange 20 is extended ino wardly, having a resilient m/ember 22 in the form of an annular coil spring around the outer periphery of the flange 2Q. The resilient member `22'urges the flange radially inward into sealing engagement with the 65 shaft 10.

The leather acking is held in position by ing positioned between oppositely disposed'annu'lar ring like members 24 and 26, which are angular shape in cross section. A flat annular member 28 abutting against the outer end of the member 26 and asoftpacking member 30, preferably felt, is lield in the space between the memberl 28 nd the radially extending flange of the memer 26. I v

An outer casing 32 is provided with a oylindrical portion and a radially lextending flange 34 in the inner end of the casing. The inner flange of the member 24 bears against the ange 34. The resilient member22 is re'- ceived in the space formed between the flange 34 and flan e 18 of the gasket ,16.

In assem lin the lubricant sealing unit, the member 24 1s laced in the casing 32, the leather gasket 16 1s placed in the casing with the resilient member around the flange 20 and the -flange 18 against' the lradially extending flange lof the member 24. The member 26is then inserted and the soft packing member 30 Q0 sol ` is placed in the member 26. The washer 28 is received against the outer end of the member 26, and linall the outer end of the cylindrical portion of t e member 32 is bent inwardly 5 over the outer periphery of the washer 28, pressing the members 28, 26, 30, 18 and 24 inwardly, thereby pinching the {iange 18 between the members 24 and 26.

It will be understood that he parts are held firmly against relative ro ation with the casing and that the assembly forms a comi pact unit with .the soft packing member in its proper position relative to the. leather packing. y If desired, the washer 28 may be inserted against'the flange 18 of the leather packing and the soft packing and member 26 finally extending iange being between the radially` extending flanges of said angle members, said axially extending flange of the leather packing extending in the same direction of one of the axially extending flanges of one angle member, and a soft packing adjacent the radially extending flange of the leathery packing on the side o posite to the direction of the axially exten ing flange of the leather pack- SIMPSON C. LEONARD, J R.

inserted, the member 26 being turned around with its radial flange at the outer end This is l' 20 shown in Fig. 2.

When it is desired to reduce the bearing length of the casing 32, a radially 'extending ange 36 may be formed on the angularly shaped member 26 and the outer end of the as shown-in Fig. 3, or the bearing length of the sleeve may be reduced from the inner ,end and the member 24 omitted, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The parts 26 and 28 may be reversed,-as shown in ,thesev two gures. There is an annular depressed portion at the'inner end of the seal forming a shoulder 38 against which the flange 18 of the leather packing abuts.

25 casing 32 may be'turned over the outer edge For the manufacture of a less expensive .i

seal, the washer 28 and the angle member 24 maybe omitted, as shown in Fig. 6. In this form of my invention, the member 26 havin a flange 36, as shown in Fig. 3, may b e use 40 anda shoulder 38 is formedin the casing 32. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the resilient member 22 may be omitted, as well as the member 24. In these forms Vthe radially extending iiange .34 on the casing'32l forms the abutment for the flange 18 of the leather packing member. The member 26 and washer 28 may be in the position shown in Fig."7 or they ma be reversed as shown in Fig. 8.

hus it will be understood that various hanges, including the si'ze, shape and arrangement of parts, may be made without dearting from the spirit ofmy invention and itis my intention to coverby the ap ended claim such changes as may be reasona ly-in- 56 eluded within the scope thereof.

What I claim is: 4

A self-contained sealing unit comprisin a cylindrical casing member having mwarly extending flanges at its opposite ends, a pair` 6010i annular angle members each having an outer axially extending flange and a-radially extending ange, said axially extending lian es being arranged back to back, a leather pac ng having an axiall extending iiange and a radially extending ange,said radially A 

